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Barriers and facilitators of health professionals in adopting digital health-related tools for medication appropriateness: A systematic review.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of barriers and opportunities for care improvement.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2025Pooled it
- Characterizing Behaviors That Influence the Implementation of Digital-Based Interventions in Health Care: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
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- Experiences with nutritional follow-up and barriers and opportunities of implementing digital seamless nutrition care in the head and neck cancer treatment course: a qualitative study from patient, family caregiver, and healthcare professional perspectives.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
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- Exploring digital health technology in rheumatology: a scoping review on benefits, challenges, and future possibilities.EULAR rheumatology open · 2026Review
- Transition to electronic prescriptions in pharmacies: Workflows, services, and access to medication - A mixed methods approach.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
- Barriers and Facilitators of Digital Transformation in Health Care: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of participatory medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Health Information Management Systems in Facilitating Quality Healthcare Service: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Human-supervised, large language model-based clinical decision support aligned to national newborn protocols in Kenya: a pragmatic, early-stage evaluation.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Characteristics of cohort data management systems (CDMS): a scoping review.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Article
- From Innovation to Integration: Bridging the Gap Between IoMT Technologies and Real-World Health Management Systems.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessing the acceptability and usability of MedSafer, a patient-centered electronic deprescribing tool.JAMIA open · 2025Article
- Using Medication Management Technologies in Swiss Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Obstetricians' experiences with remote monitoring programs for hypertensive disorders.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Attitudes, barriers, and facilitators toward tools supporting appropriate prescribing among healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Digital health is described as the use and development of all types of digital technologies to improve health outcomes. It could be used to prevent medication errors, a priority for health systems worldwide. However, the adoption of such tools remains slow. This study aims to identify factors (attitudes, knowledge and beliefs) acting as barriers and/or facilitators reported by healthcare professionals (HCPs) for the adoption of digital health-related tools for medication appropriateness. Methods: A systematic review was performed by searching the literature in the MEDLINE PubMed, and EMBASE scientific databases for original articles regarding qualitative and quantitative data. Results: Fifteen articles were included and a total of 125 barriers and 108 facilitators were identified, consolidated and categorized into technical (n = 48), organizational (n = 12), economical (n = 4), user-related (n = 34), and patient-related (n = 8) components. The most often reported barriers and facilitators were technical component-related ones concerning the need for additional training (n = 6), the time consumed (n = 6), and the easy way of using or learning how to use the tools (n = 9), respectively. Regarding setting analysis, agreement with clinical decision recommendations and impact on the doctor-patient relationship were more valued in primary care, while the user interface and system design were in the hospital. Conclusions: The barriers and facilitators identified in this study provide relevant information to developers and it can be used as a starting point for the designing of successful digital health-related tools, specifically related to medication appropriateness. Future research includes economic evaluation-focused studies and in-depth case studies of specific barriers and facilitators.
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